Michael Smith

The Dutchman(Chords)

Michael Smith

Key: C

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	        verse 1    
    
C                                     
The Dutchman's not the kind of man    
                                         
To keep his thumb jammed in the dam    
Dm    
That holds his dreams in,    
G                             C                  
But that's a secret that only Margaret knows.    
C             
When Amsterdam is golden in the summer,    
             
Margaret brings him breakfast;    
Dm    
She believes him.    
G                           C    
He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow.    
            F              G             C         C B   Am    
He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes,    
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Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes.   
   
F Em Let us go to the banks of the ocean, F G C Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee. Dm A G C C B Am Long ago, I used to be a young man F G C And dear Margaret remembers that for me.
verse 2 C The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, His cap and coat are patched with the love Dm That Margaret sewed there. G C Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam. C He watches tug-boats down canals Dm And' calls out to them when he thinks he knows the captain, G C Till Margaret comes to take him home again Dm G C C C B Am A Through unforgiving streets that trip him, though she holds his arm. F G C Sometimes he thinks he's alone and he calls her name. Chorus verse 3 C The winter whirls the windmills 'round; She winds his muffler tighter Dm And they sit in the kitchen. G C Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew. C He sees her for a moment, calls her name, Dm She makes the bed up singing some old love song? G C She learned it when the tune was very new. Dm G C C C B Am He hums a line or two; they sing together in the dark. F G C The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out. Chorus

Written by Michael Smith

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